Yep, we would also probably want to setup our own gentoo (partial) mirror rather than nfs sharing the portage tree. I think I remember somebody on this list doing that? Christopher - since this is your baby, do you want to figure out a rough roadmap of how to go about a Gentoo distributed installfest? Some things to consider off the top of my head - Initial environment (boot CD or existing linux distro) - Hardware detection/setup notes - Portage mirror or sharing from NFS - DNS setup - distcc setup (and at what stage) - Kernel compiles - things to do while we wait on compilers :)
Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 9:42 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > > > An idea would be to setup distcc on the boxes that are built > ...that way ones > with slower machines wouldnt be sitting there for 2 days > waiting for stuff to > compile ..... > > Cheers > Dale. > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:37, you wrote: > > I also think this is a good idea, but maybe not as a "public > > installfest" like the Mandrake/RedHat ones. Just a small > gathering of > > everyone on the list who wants to try Gentoo (*puts up hand* ;-) or > > who wants to get updated packages quickly for their current > system (if > > they're on a modem connection at home). If you can share > the portage > > tree... and you can share the compiling... > > > > Could we have, say, everyone who gets an install up and > working leave > > their machine running to help others who are still > installing? Is it > > just me, or would that be _damn_cool_? ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > Gareth > > > > >===== Original Message From > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== I > > >think this is a good idea, though I expect it to be far > more complex > > >than a > > > > standard (Redhat/Mandrake) installfest. As such, I would > suggest that > > the organisers have a "practise" run with a few experts who are > > willing to give Gentoo a try - so that some of the issues can be > > ironed > > > > >out earlier. > > >Personally I'm willing to come along & help out, and I'll bring my > > >box to > > > > help out with the distcc compile effort. > > > > >Brad > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2003 11:16 p.m. > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > > >> > > >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:22, you wrote: > > >> > Gentoo is looking more feasible by the minute...I am > running out > > >> > of excuses not to at least try it. =) > > >> > > >> Does all theis interest in Gentoo mean that we are going > to have to > > >> organise a Gentoo Installfest? > > >> > > >> Not as silly as it might at first seem because it would > then allow > > >> the sharing of the portage tree. Mine is now at something of the > > >> order of ~1.7GBytes. > > >> Some of it might be old files, but I did have a big purge not > > >> so long ago. That fileset could be shared around to minimise > > >> download bother, also gentoo > > >> can now use the distributed compiling idea, so a group could > > >> probably get it > > >> all going pretty quickly - In a living memory time-span > anyway :-) > > >> > > >> Remember that the installation of Gentoo is not for the > total newb, > > >> but getting new packages and doing upgrades is totally ( 99.999% > > >> > > >> :-) free of > > >> > > >> problems. > > >> > > >> Note that the Gentoo Weekly News reports today that the Gentoo > > >> system has been ported to the the Darwin Kernel on PPC. > You can now > > >> have all your X11 based > > >> toys _and_ Photoshop etc on the same machine without rebooting! > > >> > > >> -- > > >> C. S. > >
